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Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, Allegheny West

Calvary Methodist Church

Now Calvary United Methodist Church, this church is known for its stained glass by the Tiffany Studios. It was built in 1892–1895; the architects were Vrydaugh & Shepherd and T. B. Wolfe. The exterior is a feast of elaborate and often playful Gothic detail.

Entrance
Gargoyle
Gargoyle
Detail of a tower
Mask
Carved face
Another face
Face and foliage
Turret
Foliage
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church

2 responses to “Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, Allegheny West”

  1. […] block away from the magnificent Calvary Methodist Church was another Methodist church, almost as magnificent—but Methodist Protestant, whereas Calvary was […]

  2. […] Vrydaugh and Wolfe, who also designed Warwick House and (as Vrydaugh and Shepherd with T. B. Wolfe) Calvary Methodist in Allegheny West. This is one of our increasingly rare black-stone churches; every stone church in […]

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